Scriptural Authority, reason and action : Proceedings of a Panel at the 14th World Sanskrit Conference, Kyoto, September 1st-5th 2009

Foreword . . VII

The tathdgata and the long tongue of truth - The authority of the Buddha in sutra and narrrative literature . . 1
On Buddhists and their chairs . . 49
Turning hermeneutics into apologetics - Reasoning and rationality under changing historical circumstances . . 71
Digndga on air or How to get hold of supersensible objects by means of a credible person - With preliminary remarks on the composition of the Pramanasamuccaya . . 147
On the role of abhyupagama in Dharmakirti's scripturally based inference . . 183
Kamalasila and Santaraksita on scripture and reason - The limits and extent of "practical rationality" in the Tattvasamgraha and Panjika . . 209
Transmission of scripture - Exegetical problems for Kumarila and Dharmakirti . . 239
Action theory and scriptural exegesis in early Advaita-Vedanta (1) - Mandana Misra on upadesa and istasadhanata . . 271
The authoritof the Buddha, the omniscience ofthejina and the truth of Jainism . . 319
On reason and scripture in the Pratyabhijna . . 375
Inherited cognitions: prasiddhi, agama, pratibha, sabdana - Bhartrhari, Utpaladeva, Abhinavagupta, Kumarila and Dharmakirti in dialogue . . 455

Notes on the contributors . . 481